Lavatory



E. G. WATROUS.

LAVATORY.

APPLICATION FILI-:D IAN.29, I9I7.

1,335,946, mente@ Ap. 6, 1920.

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EARL e. WATRoUso'F CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

LAvATonY.

all whom t may concern Beit known that I, EARL G. WATROUS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lavatories,I of whichthe following is a object thereof is to provide simple and eiii- .cientoperating and controlling fixtures for the hot and cold water and forthe waste plug. My lavatory is intended more particularly for use onrailroad cars where it is necessary to have compact fixtures capable ofeasy and reliable operation.

In the drawing Figure l1 is a sectional l elevation of a portion of. abowl with my fixtures applied thereto; Fig. 2 a plan lview of the hotand cold water fixture; Fig. 3 al front elevation thereof but on alarger scale;

Fig. 4 a similar view but showing some of i' thepartsin section, Fig. 5a section on the 50 are/contained within" similar casings 9 securedtothe-underside of the top plate B vthrough the medium ofthe sidebrackets 10.

line 5 5 of Fig. 4;; and Figs. 6 and7 differentsimplied and modifiedforms of my invention.

The bowl A may be of any suitable or conventional form` andmay as usualbe' provided with the top plate B. Upon the top,-

plate is .mounted acap plate 1 secured thereto in suitable manner, as bythe screws 2. This cap is open at its top'in order` to receiveandaccommodate the operating members controlling the hot and cold watervalves. -fThese members consist of .three substantial half cylinders orshells 3, L.Land v5,

the outer two of which are associated withthe hot and cold water valvesandthe in .termediate one of which is associated with the waste plug;These 4cylinders are prof top opening vided with handles, the cylinders3 and 5 being provided with similar handles 6 and 7 projecting forwardlytoward the bowl ,and the cylinder-4 with an upstanding handle 8.

4These l cylinders vare placed end to' end and form a continuous surfacewhich fills the of the cap and matches the contour thereof..v Y l Thehotand cold water valve mechanisms are the same so that a description ofone will apply to the other.- :These mechanisms The Water enters l thelower end of the cas,-

" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920. Application led January 29, 1917. Serial No.145,261.

of the spring 13 which encircles the stem' i 14 of the valve. his stempasses upwardly through the packing nut 15, screwing into the upper endofthe casing and is pivotally connected to its shell or lcylinder bymeans of the cross pin 16 passing through the -upper end of the valvestem and through downwardly projecting lugs or ribs 17 of such cylinder.Each` of the cylinders 3 and 5 is provided Ialong vone edge with adependl ing'curved projection or bead 18 which bears upon the top of thenut 15,with the result that when the cylinder is oscillated by downwardpressure of the. handle 6 or 7, the valve -stem and valve 12 will beraised against thetension ofthe spring 13, with theresult through theopening 19 and pipe20 being understood that there is a cross passage 21between the two casings 9 VVhen--` the that'the` water will be suppliedto the bowl i pressure of the hand is removed from the'A handle 6' or 7,thefspring 13 will restore the parts to the normal position shown, thecylinders being stopped in suchl normal posi,-

tion by the engagement of the lug 18a against the under side of thevcap-1. Referring to the waste plug fixture, the .bowl A is provided witha central'opening controlled bya vertically movable valve org plug 22and is also provided with a suitable coupling which is here in the formof an '1 elbow 23. An operating rod 24 extends through this fitting 23and its annular free end passes through a slot or opening in thedepending stem 22a ofthe plug. This rod toward its other end is providedwith a ball formation24a' received within a socket 23a formed on theoutside Vof. a boss 23lthrough which such rod passes. Bypreferencesu1table'packing material 25 is provided between this `balland its socket in orderto pack the joint at .this place., This -rod is.pivoted vat its ball-and-socket by vmeans-of lthe cross pin 26vpassing" throughfsuch rodj,` and also through the lugs 23". The -ex`vtreme'oute'r end of the rod is pivotallyv connected to a short rod orsleeve 27 r into which screwsV for adjustment purposes. theactuat ingrod 28, a lock nut 29 being employed to maintain the proper adjustmentbetween the parts 27 y and 28.

Referring to the operating connection between the cylinder 4 and theactuating rod 28 such cylinder is provided with a depending frame30,`through an opening in the bottom of which theupper end of the rodl28 passes freely. The cylinder 4 and this frame 30 is mounted tooscillate by means of the p in 31 passing through such frame and throughtwo parallel arms 32 extending upwardly from the casings 9. In orderthat the operating rod 28v shall passbeyond center and'thereby be heldin one position or the other, a bent wire spring 33 is provided, the

same being substantially V-shaped with its free endsl enteringrespectively an opening in the outerend of the rod 28 and an opening ina boss 34 in the frame 30.

When the parts are in the position shown in'Fig. l the waste plug isclosed but when the handle 8 is drawn forwardly toward the bowlthecylinder 4 and the frame 30 will be oscillated in a clockwisedirection, with v the result that the rod 28 will be' depressed andtherod 24 thereby moved'upwardly asf to its free end, withthe result thatthe plug 22 will be elevated 'or opened. When the handle-8 is movedforwardly to-full 'extent v it will be held in that position by reasonof thefact that the connection between the operating rod 28 and theframe 30 will be off-center requiring application of positive force tothe handle 8 before the reverse operation can take place and the plug bethereby closed.` The operating connections for the waste plug,particularly the employment of the ball-and-socket joint, and theadjustment between the parts 27 and..28, permit of the attachment of myixture to'dif-l fprent bowls having a wide range of size and s y e.

The' pivot pins 16 and 31 are not individually locked in position butare maintained v 11.1 I

bled, it being observed from Fig-4 that the position when all vthe partsare assempms v16 are limited in their endwise movement .by the cap 1 andthe brackets 32, and likewisevthe pin 3l is limited in endwise movementby the other pins- 16. The handoperated membersV can be disassembled byremoving the cap 1 and the handle 8,

'le I have above described my invention as embodied in .a lavatoryfixture having valves for both'hot and cold water and mechanism foroperating a waste plug, only a single water admissionl valve may beemployed, if desired, as in the simplified form of my device-illustrated in Fig. 6,'in which 8*l indicatesthe operating handle forthe waste plug connection and 6EL indicates the handle for the wateradmission valve; or the waste plug connections may be dispensed with, asin the modiied form of my-invention illustrated in Fig. 7 in which therefwhere-l upon the plvot pins are vfree to be removed.

erence character 6b and 7b indicate the -handles of the hot and. coldwater valves, -re- Spectively.

I claim: l '1. In a lavatory having a bowl and a plulrality ofindependently operable mechanisms for controlling water flow with.respect to the bowl, a part having .upstanding endsv and an intermediateopening, a series of handled members having their han-A dles projectingwithin convenient singlehand-grasp, said members arranged in axial of acap having atop opening, oscillating half cylindersarranged in axialalinement and projecting through said opening, and operating connections-between said cylinders and said valve mechanisms, said cylinders havingon one' edge projecting portions actsof val-ve mechanisms for hot andcold water,

ving as fulcrums` and also having stops engaging the cap to limit theoscillationof the cylinders.

4. In a lavatory, the combination, with hot and coldwater valvemechanism including their valve stems, of oscillating half cylindersarranged end to end and having depending ribs'or lugs on theirinner'sides, and a pivot pin passing loosely through thelug and stemrelating to each cylinder, the cap having .portions movement of the pms.p

5. In a lavatory, the combination of hot and cold water' mechanismsincluding cas- -ings having water inlet ports, spring-pressedvalvesnormally closingsaid ports and provided with stems, packingnuts onthe'casi ing through which the stems-. pass, oscillatinghalf cylindersarranged end to end and pivotally connected with said@ stems, saidcylinders having projections bearing on the packing'nuts and acting asfulcrums.

6; In a lavatory, the combination, with-a bowl andits waste plug, ofapivoted rod preventing endwise or 4lever having itsouter endoperatively connected with the plug, a manuallyoperable oscillating.frame, an 'actuating rod operatively engaged. at its upper endA by theframe and pivotally connected at its lower end to .the'other rod, and aspring located between the frame near its axis of oscillation andthe-'upper end of the actuating rod.

7. In a lavatory, the combination, with a bowl and its waste plug, of apivoted rod or lever vhaving its louter end operatively' connected withthe plug, a manually operable oscillating frame, an actuating rodoperatively engaged at its upper end by the frame and pivotallyconnected at its lower end to the other rod, and a V-shaped springarranged within said frame and having its free ends in engagementrespectively with the upper en d of the actuating rod and the frame nearits axis of oscillation.

8l In a lavatory, the' combination with Kw4the bowl, the top plate, anda plurality of water flow controlling mechanisms for the bowl, of acontrol fixture comprising a relatively long and narrow cap on the topplate, having a relatively long and narrow opening, a plurality ofoscillatable members extending through said opening, each having a bodyportion closing a portion of `said opening so that jointly said memberscomplete a closed exterior in connection'v with the cap, said membershaving radially extending handles located within convenient single-hand,simultaneous operation-range, and said members respectively operativelyconnected with the several water How control mechanisms.

9. In a lavatory, the combination with a bowl having a waste plug andhot and cold water valves, of a single control fitting comprising threeoscillatable members disposed i-n axial alinement, the extreme membershaving parallel handles radially extending ment.

and the intermediate member, having a `y radially extending handle lyingnormally in another radial plane, all of` said handles lying withinrange of convenient singlehand simultaneous operation, operatingconnections between the eXtreme handles and the hot and cold watervalves normally spr1ng-maintaining said extreme handlesat lone .limit ofmovement, and connections between said waste plug and the intermediatemember for raisin and lowering said plug when the intermedlate handle isat opposite extremes of movement, and for maintain' ing said handle ateither extreme of move- 10. In a lavatory, the combinationwith a bowlhaving a waste plug and hot and cold water valves, of a single controlfitting commovement, and connections between said waste plug and theintermediate member for raising -and lowering said plug'when theintermediate handle is at oppositeextremes of "movement, and formaintaining said handle at either extreme of movement.

EARL er; WA'rRoUs.

